Taylor Hawkins’ Son Honors Dad with Drum Tribute

Taylor Hawkins’ teenage son, Shane, sat in on drums with a local Orange County, Calif. band where they performed the Foo Fighters hit “My Hero” in tribute to the late drummer.

Per Loudwire, this show took place during the July 4th weekend in Laguna Beach as part of a block party. The band performing is called The Alive, and it’s made up of three members: Guitarist/vocalist Bastian Evans, 17, and brothers Kai Neukermans, 18, and Manoa Neukermans, 14, who play drums and bass, respectively. Loudwire further noted The Alive had previously performed with Taylor Hawkins at a Chevy Metal show back in 2018.

Footage of the performance can be viewed below, with one of the clips captioned, “When Taylor Hawkins’ son get on the drums and dedicates the song ‘My Hero’ to his dad.” (Spoiler: Shane is definitely his father’s son.)

Taylor Hawkins: Live Performance Tributes from Slash, Elton John, Joan Jett & More

• Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators

  Slash ft. Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators performed “Starlight” from his 2010’s self-titled album during the band’s March 26 show in Orlando in tribute to Hawkins. Slash said before the performance, “I’m sure most of you are aware that we lost a really close friend of ours last night — Taylor Hawkins, the drummer of the Foo Fighters. First of all, he was a great f—ing guy — a f—ing sweetheart. He was a really good friend and a kickass drummer. [We’re] completely crushed that we’ve lost him. So we wanna do a song tonight and dedicate it to him. ”

• Elton John

  Elton John dedicated “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” to Hawkins during his March 26 show in Des Moine, Iowa. He said before the performance, “I got up this morning to see that Taylor Hawkins from the Foo Fighters had passed away, and I was so shocked because he played on my ‘Lockdown Sessions’ album and he was one of the nicest people you could ever meet and one of the greatest drummers and a true musician who loved all sorts of music and loved life. And it seems so sad that at 50 years of age we’ve lost someone who had that much passion. And it makes me so downhearted for his family — his three children and his wife and his other relatives — and, of course, the Foo Fighters who’ve lost a dearest loved one that can never, ever be replaced. But his music will live on. But I can tell you he was a great, great one. So this song is for him and his family and his wife and his children.”

• Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

  Joan Jett & the Blackheart dedicated “Fragile” to Hawkins during their set at the Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival on March 26 in Brookhaen, Ga. Jett was emotional when leading into the song telling the crowd Hawkins was “one of the greatest drummers of our time.”

  Joan Jett’s tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins. She is close to the Foo Fighters and has opened for them on tour. She also fronted Nirvana for their induction into the Rock hall of fame. The song is titled… Fragile. Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival. Atlanta GA 3/26/22 🖤

  Posted by Robert Whitman on Sunday, March 27, 2022

• Miley Cyrus

  Cyrus was visible emotional when honoring Hawkins during her set at Lollapalooza Brazil saying, “We had to make this emergency landing, and the first person I called was Taylor because he was already at the festival. That would’ve been the time that I would’ve gotten to see my friend, and I didn’t, so it makes me really sad I would’ve done anything to hang out with him one more time.” She and her band played “Angels Like You” in honor of Hawkins.

  Miley Cyrus dedicating her show & “Angels Like You” to Taylor Hawkins is the most beautiful thing, she has one of the sweetest souls out there🥺#MileyCyrusNoMultiShow pic.twitter.com/Mgzfyu4BjB

  — Miley Cyrus Media (@Miley_MediaHQ) March 27, 2022

• Mammoth WVH

  Mammoth WVH covered the Foo Fighters hit “My Hero” during their March 26 gig in Boston with Wolfgang Van Halen saying before the performance that Hawkins “…was a hero to me, and a hero to all of us, and a hero to countless people, so we feel this is necessary.”

• Liam Gallagher

  Gallagher closed out his March 26 show at London’s Royal Albert Hall dedicating “Live Forever” to Hawkins.

• Daughtry/Mark Tremonti/Lyell

  Daughtry covered “My Hero” with help from Mark Tremonti and Lyell during their March 26 show in New Orleans.